CAT 2021 Question Papers: Download Slot Wise CAT Question Paper & Answer Key PDFs for VARC, DILR, QA
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Content Writer | Updated On - Nov 5, 2024
CAT 2021 Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs are available for all 3 slots. This year, IIM Ahmedabad revised CAT exam pattern by reducing the total number of questions to 66 from 76. Hence, VARC had 24 questions, DILR had 20 questions, and QA had 22 questions. Check CAT Paper Analysis
50% of the questions in CAT Quant were from Arithmetic. In CAT VARC, 16 questions were based on RCs. CAT 2022 aspirants can download CAT 2021 Question paper and answer keys from the table below.
CAT 2021 Question Paper and Answer Key
| CAT Section & Slot Number | CAT 2021 Question Paper with Answer Key PDFs |
|---|---|
| CAT QA Slot 1 | Download |
| CAT QA Slot 2 | Download |
| CAT QA Slot 3 | Download |
| CAT DILR Slot 1 | Download |
| CAT DILR Slot 2 | Download |
| CAT DILR Slot 3 | Download |
| CAT VARC Slot 1 | Download |
| CAT VARC Slot 2 | Download |
| CAT VARC Slot 3 | Download |
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If you are aiming for old IIMs such as IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, you will need to score above 99 percentile in CAT. For IIMs and other top-tier B-Schools in India, the CAT cutoff stays above 90 percentile.
If you have a good profile, and 99+ CAT score, you can expect to get calls from old IIMs, XLRI, JBIMS, IIFT, FMS, etc.
Here are some of the things that you will realize after appearing for the CAT examination.
- Spend the first few minutes going over the papers before diving in. Browse through the problems and start with the ones that you know you can solve in one go. CAT prioritizes solving not sequence.
- If you aren’t sure about an answer, leave it. Concentrate on other problems. You shouldn’t spend more than 2-3 minutes on a single problem.
- Don’t use the elimination method, if you can solve the problem in less than 1 minute. Do rough work thoroughly. Don’t answer any questions, just by guessing.
- There will be a few lengthy questions. Try to ignore these. Even CAT toppers don’t score the full marks.
CAT doesn’t test your knowledge. The only thing matters are how much you score. So, try to attempt as many questions as you can correctly.
Take a look at the below table to know what CAT score will fetch what CAT percentile, for 2022.
| Percentile | Score VA-RC | Score DI-LR | Score QA | Overall Score |
| 90% | 29 | 1 | 26 | 72 |
| 95% | 32 | 20 | 29 | 81 |
In 2021, for 90 percentile the required score was 59 and for 95 percentile the required score was 72.
